The Miraculous Qur'an & some of its Mysteries,
Paperback - 272 pages,
by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi.
From the Risale-i-Nur Collection.
Description :
The Qur`an is an eternal translation of the great Book of the Universe and the everlasting translator of the languages in which the Divine laws of the universe`s creation and operation are inscribed; the interpreter of the books of the visible, material world and the World of the Unseen; the discloser of the immaterial treasuries of the Divine Names hidden on Earth and in the heavens; the key to the truths lying beneath the lines of events.
Bediüzzaman was not a writer in the usual sense of the word. He wrote his splendid work the Risale-i Nur, a collection exceeding 5,000 pages, because he had a mission: he struggled against the materialistic and atheistic trends of thought fed by science and philosophy and tried to present the truths of Islam to modern minds and hearts of every level of understanding.
The Risale-i Nur, a modern commentary of the Qur’an, mainly concentrates on the existence and unity of God, the Resurrection, Prophethood,the Divine Scriptures primarily including the Qur’an, the invisible realms of existence, Divine Destiny and humanity’s free will, worship, justice in human life, and humanity’s place and duty among the creation. In order to remove from people’s minds and hearts the accumulated ‘sediment’ of false beliefs and conceptions and to purify them both intellectually and spiritually, Bediüzzaman writes forcefully and makes reiterations. He writes in neither an academic nor a didactic way; rather he appeals to feelings and aims to pour out his thoughts and ideas into people’s hearts and minds in order to awaken them to belief and conviction.
This book is a selected section from the Risale-i Nur collection.
Table of Contents
---Bediüzzaman and the Risale-i Nur ..........................iii
The Twelth Word : Revealed Wisdom and Human Thought,
---Four fundamentals ......................................................1
---[1]. Differences between the Qur’anic wisdom and human philosophy,
---[2]. Moral training in one’s personal life,
---[3]. Moral training in human social life,
---[4]. The Qur’an is superior to all other Divine Scriptures, speech, and writings.
The Twentieth Word : The Qur’an, Eloquence and Science,
---Two stations...............................................................15
---Apparently insignificant events hide a universal principle and present the tip of a general law,
---The Prophets’ miracles show what humanity can attain through observation, experimentation, and concerted effort.
The Twenty-Fifth Word : The Miraculous Qur’an
---Three parts ................................................................59
---Said Nursi’s definition of the Qur’an,
First light ........................................................................62
---An analysis of verses exhibiting the Qur’an’s miraculous eloquence.
Second light ..................................................................152
---Three rays displaying more aspects of the Qur’an’s miraculous eloquence,
Third light ......................................................................195
---Three rays showing how the Qur’an’s verses remove the darkness of unbelief.
---Conclusion ................................................................212
---First addendum .........................................................215
---Six points dealing with the Qur’an’s excellence,
---The flower of Emirdag ...............................................226
---Why there is repetition in the Qur’an,
---Two concluding notes.................................................244
---A translation can never replace the original Qur’an,
---Reflections on belief,
The Twenty-Ninth Letter : The Qur’an,
---Nine points ................................................................249
---Nine points dealing with various subtle points related to the Qur’an,
---Index..........................................................................267
